National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1962. Bank. 8 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- solemn-plinth-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1962
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2AH
- OS grid reference
- SD 611 787
- Coordinates
- 54.20271, -2.59693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank, located at No 55 on Main Street, is a mid-19th century building that stands two storeys tall with an attic. It features a classical design constructed from ashlar stone and topped with a slate roof. The facade has seven bays, with a pediment that projects forward in the fourth and fifth bays. There are four chimneys that have setbacks, and the ground floor displays banded rustication. The building includes a plinth, a sill band on the first floor, an entablature, and a blocking course.
The ground floor windows have sunk plain surrounds with deeper sunk panels beneath them, while the first floor windows feature a single roll on the arris. All windows are sashed with glazing bars, except for the left-hand side ground floor windows, which are sashed, and the modern fixed windows in bays four to seven. Doorways are located in the third bay and at the center of the break, both topped with cornices on elaborate consoles. The doors are four-panel designs with rectangular fanlights above.
Inside, the vestibule and banking hall are adorned with mahogany doorcases that have cornices on consoles. There is a panelled counter supported by fluted Doric pilasters. The staircase features a semicircular end, with stone treads and foliated cast iron balusters. On the first floor, there is a large room with panelled window reveals that extend down to the floor.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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